Gross National Happiness (GNH) can be used as a Corporate Social Responsibility (SDR) screening tool for appraising the enterprise through the GNH lens based on the four pillars of GNH, its 9 domains, and 56 specific indicators.
1. Sustainable and Equitable Socio-Economic Development
- Covering the domains of Living Standards, Education, and Health
Adequate pay and leave, insurance and retirement benefits, performance appraisal system and executive education, occupational stress and health risk exposure, …
2. Preservation and Promotion of Culture
- Covering the domains of Cultural Diversity, Community Vitality, Time Use and Psychological Well-being
Culture design, local business, suppliers and employment, corporate volunteerism, work-life interaction, flexi-time, work pressure, job satisfaction, workplace trust, …
3. Environmental Conservation
- Covering the domain of Ecological Diversity
Renewable energy, emissions, solid and liquid waste, eco-design, …
4. Good Governance
- Covering the domain of Good Governance
Compliance, customer satisfaction, turnover rate, …
* Hotel Zhiwa Ling Heritage was an early adopter of GNH in Business as part of a pioneer project lasting from 2011-2014